Three Simple Ways To (Instantly) Make Your Scatter Plots Clutter Free

Scatter plots are commonly used in data visualization tasks. But when you have many data points, they often get too dense to interpret.

Here are a few techniques (and alternatives) you can use to make your data more interpretable in such cases.

One of the simplest yet effective ways could be to reduce the marker size. This, at times, can instantly offer better clarity over the default plot.

Next, as an alternative to a scatter plot, you can use a density plot, which depicts the data distribution. This makes it easier to identify regions of high and low density, which may not be evident from a scatter plot.

Lastly, another better alternative can be a hexbin plot. It bins the chart into hexagonal regions and assigns a color intensity based on the number of points in that area.

What are some other techniques that you resort to in such cases? Let me know :)

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